Wednesday, January 28, 2026

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Konstantin Spörk, who could have joined others spending a grad transfer season elsewhere, has been rewarded for coming back to Dartmouth by being named to the Academic All-America second team.

Click HERE for a story about the offensive lineman from Germany who was elected with a 3.74 GPA in Engineering. Spörk has been an Academic Al-District selection for four consecutive years and this fall was chosen second-team All-Ivy League for his play on the line.

Selected to the Academic All-America first team from the Ivy League were Cornell defensive lineman James Reinbold and Brown linebacker John Perdue. Find the full Academic All-America team HERE.

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Former Dartmouth wide receiver Grayson O'Bara is grad transferring to North Texas. O'Bara caught 44 passes for 590 yards and two touchdowns in a breakout season last fall. He had 63 grabs for 844 yards and four TDs in his Big Green career.

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Chicago Bears on SI has a piece headlined Six Senior Bowl Prospects Who Would Be Perfect Fits for the Bears that features players from Florida, Penn State, Boston College, Clemson, Texas Tech and . . . Dartmouth. From the story (LINK):
4. Delby Lemieux - Offensive Tackle, Dartmouth
The Bears drafted an Ivy League offensive lineman in 2024, and that didn't go so well, but I see no reason why that should stop them from taking a closer look at Dartmouth's Delby Lemieux. He's played both tackle positions and has even taken snaps at guard and center, too. He'll need to add weight and strength to compete at the NFL level, but he already plays with an aggressive, physical mindset that would make him an intriguing developmental piece for Chicago.
Green Alert Take: Neat to see, but someone should tell the editors the photo they found of "Dartmouth" on the internet is actually of Dartmouth High School in Massachusetts. Ivy Leaguers may not generally be the size of Big 10 players, but they are bigger than that.  ;-)
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Landan Yount, who served as director of recruiting and external relations at Dartmouth in 2022 and '23 has landed at Boise State. 

From a Boise State release (LINK):

Landan Yount has been hired as the director of player personnel while Shauny Fisk has been elevated to the director of recruiting.

As the director of player personnel, Yount will oversee the roster management of the program. He will play a major role in the Broncos' recruiting operation, including evaluating and scouting potential student-athletes. 

Yount comes to the Treasure Valley after working as the director of player personnel at Middle Tennessee State for the past two seasons. 

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Saw this live, but credit goes to a loyal reader for sharing a link to a story featuring Jake Bobo, son of former Dartmouth wide receiver and captain Mike Bobo '92. Jake's touchdown reception for Seattle helped the Seahawks advance to the Super Bowl. Find the story HERE and watch the TD below:

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EXTRA POINT
I've turned this into a running joke here at our Vermont hillside home. The AAA magazine has a contest each issue where you have to find a little figure in one of their pictures. Given our road trip last summer, I was flipping through a story about Route 66 lo and behold, spotted the tiny figure. I immediately went online and filled out the necessarily information about our AAA membership and where the figure was in the mag, and hit send.

I have to admit I was a little disappointed to learn that spotting the figure so quickly only landed me in a lottery of those who found it,. But as I told Mrs. BGA, it's probably only a matter of days until my "major award" is delivered. A leg lamp would be just about perfect! ;-)

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